Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-14

Robt. III. Menerey and wife hav,
moved into part Of Joseph Effrick'
house.
Miss Leah McDougall is at presea
visiting her grandparents in Grant
township.
Mrs. NJ. r. Grandy. of Sault Ste Ma
rie, is visiting friends and relatives ii
the village.
There were three premiums drawn
III these parts i'll the Commercial Ad
vertiser drawing.
\ few huckleberries made their ap-
pearance in the village last week and
sold for 10 cents per quart.
Mrs. Rowley and children, of Port
Huron. were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
W. y. McKema the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Braidwood
ST.. of .Almont, were the guests of their
son the latter part of last week.
|. II. Knapp and family, of Detroit
were the guests of Joseph Middleton
and other friends in this place the past
week.
Mrs. ThreSSa Davis, of Detroit. Mrs.
! ID. ID. ChesehOro and sons, of Ann Ar
Dor. are guests of W. w. Cowing and
family.
| VIM. Andreae started Monday morn
/ ing for trip up the lakes and while
away will visit Mackinac and other
! places of interest.
The Marine City Reporter has been
changed to Il six column quarto and
now presents fine appearance, both in
the amount of news and makeup.
Miss Lulu Cunningham, who has
been the guest of Miss Kittie \. Carroll
for several weeks past, returned to her
home i'll Youngstown, o., yesterday.
This week we received a copy of the
Michigan State Normal School Regis
ter for 1867 and return thanks to the
secretary of the Board of Education
for the same.
Wm +. Ballentine, the genial propri-
etor of the Commercial House, and
wife of Port Huron, were in the village
this week visiting Mr.. and Mrs. ID. NJ.
Church and othE friends.
Jas. Browns horse ran away with
him and W. H. Palmer while at Melvin
on Friday last throwing both out of
the buggy and seriously injuring
both Messrs Brown and Palmer.
Mrs. Pinkham and daughter Carrie
are in the city. Miss Pinkham has
closed a successful term of school at
Brockway Centre. and has engaged for
another term.-port. Huron sunday
Herald
H. J. Bradbeer has located here and is
prepared to do sign painting. Those
wanting anything in this line give him
a call. Shop one door south of Church's
American House satisfactory work
at moderate prices.
David Orser is moving his barber
shop to the building next door to the
99ct store where he invites all his old
as well us many new ones to give him
a call lie has fitted the shop up in a
neat and tasty manner
+. F.. Law left Monday for his old
home in Kalamazoo County where he
will remain about Il week visiting his
mother and friends. On returning his
mother will accompany him and take
up residence here, keeping house for
her son.
Rev. III. King will preach special
sermon in the VI. l.. church Sunday
morning. July II. at the regular hour.
\ cordial invitation is extended to all
to attend. Oddfellows III particular as
the sermon is being specially prepared
for them.
Fred Perry Powers. in paper entitl-
ed "West Point. the Army, and the Mi
litia." which will appear in Lippincott's
for July. will make a vigorous attack
upon the system of education pursued
in that institution. and also upon the
methods of promotion.
Now is the first time i'm the history
of Brockway township that the whole
family of Brockways have been away.
Not one is left to remember this nOta-
BILE family by. Mrs. Chas. Brockway
being the last one to take her departure
leaving for Bay City this week.
The moguls of the u. III. IL n. W. R'y
and +. & =. VI. R'y passed here in a
special car this week. The latter COM
pany is talking of purchasing the for
mer and sent their engineers to inspect
the road and ascertain what it would
cost to make this broad guage.
A family in Florida lost their little
boy and advertised for him III a daily
paper. That very afternoon an alliga-
tor crawled out of the swamp and died
on the front door step. In his stomach
was found handful of red hair, some
bone buttons, pair of boot heels, a
glass alley, pair of check pants and a
paper collar The advertisement did
it.
James Cooper, who has been employ
ed i'll the post office store for the past
few years, and filled said position with
honor to himself and satisfaction to
his employers, takes his departure next
hnx fn ant in l,n
clothing store of A. Seigel Il Son, Port
Huron. We are sorry to see jim leave
but hope he may win fame and fortune
in that city of natural gas.
We have just received one of the
prettiest songs ever written, called
"There's no one like Mother to me, by
Charles n. Davies. For n nice home
song. in which both the words and mu-
sic are so very pretty, it is hard to equal
1t can be played OH the piano or organ,
and will be sent to any address for only
II 2-cent stamps. Address the publish
ers, j. &. Greene * Co., n and AZ Ar
cade, Cincinnati, o.
The Bell telephone company, of Bos-
ton. and the Detroit telegraph and tele-
phone company have begun suits in the
United States circuit court against the
Au Sable lumber company and John
G. Gram. of Au Sable: Henry Nj. Loud.
Henry n. Loud and Edward +. Loud,
of Au Sable; Bostwick II. Noble, of De-
troit: William N. McKenna, of Brock
way Centre; j. T. Waterman and James
Benedict. of Peck; Alvin B. Graham
and Philip l.. Graham, of Croswell;
Charles Corbishley, of Sandusky,
Andrew Moore, of Speaker; John Blow
er, Deckerville; Alonzo Downing, of
Downington, and John i. Niggeman,